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RoidedSasquatchA hill near me has a wicked "Y" rail. You slide the flat and then it branches off in two directions. It's basically a fuckin dope elbow rail that allows you to choose how to slide.
mattwalkerI definitely miss those rails that you hit every run and got to the end maybe once a day.
mattwalkerI remember asking where all Keystone's legendary rails went, the double Y, double battleship, buck fifty, etc. they said a lot of them broke when they were moving them, they were so big that they were impossible to move without messing them up. Since resorts want to bring more people into the sport and teach them, the new rail budget went to smaller rails. I definitely miss those rails that you hit every run and got to the end maybe once a day.
dingusJust make your own weird rail, like a Rainbow to U to rainbow to U if that makes sense
mattwalkerI remember asking where all Keystone's legendary rails went, the double Y, double battleship, buck fifty, etc. they said a lot of them broke when they were moving them, they were so big that they were impossible to move without messing them up. Since resorts want to bring more people into the sport and teach them, the new rail budget went to smaller rails. I definitely miss those rails that you hit every run and got to the end maybe once a day.
mattwalkerI definitely miss those rails that you hit every run and got to the end maybe once a day.
cc-crewMy mountain has some really creative set ups we have a few normal rails etc. flat down, rainbow, c rail , down bar then the rest is propane tanks on hips a 45 ft lift tower tube and then this massive fukin thing that is the hugest tube like actually lift tower size about 55 ft long and 6 ft off the ground with pryamid shaped sides with box material like a cheese wedge but the middle has a rainbow rail sized chunk cut out of the box so its scary af like people go under while ur on it
yungsteezemy home resort is mount brighton in michigan but vail bought them and we got a bunch of keystone rails most recently a rainbow c rail
603powI used to live in Ann Arbor Michigan before I moved out to NH and I used to ski at Mt. Brighton, my family and I shit on that Mt. all the time ever sine we moved away. I am stoked to hear that Mt. Brighton is improving from its dreary past.
histonskierYESSS I love hitting a rail and not worrying about having to a trick on it, just getting to the end of it is an accomplishment and super fun to slide.
DrailI've always thought that rails in the park should be fun and as trickable as possible above being hard and intimidating. If you want hard, go to the streets - terrain parks are for fun and trick progression.
I say good riddance to big, expensive, gnarly rails.
Phil-X-well said, never thought about it but in the last maybe 8 years of skiing in the park I have noticed rail lines at resorts get more organized and range friendly
yunglean2002FIS
DrailI've always thought that rails in the park should be fun and as trickable as possible above being hard and intimidating. If you want hard, go to the streets - terrain parks are for fun and trick progression.
Lieutenant_DanTimberline this year is really trying to spice it up. We have a new flat up flat (pretty aggresive kink), a new z rail format which is 3 flat hand rails put together, elbow kink, 3 boxes put together to form basically a massive c box, and some features have pole jams to the rail.
theabortionatorThis.
At one point to make a rail more "expert" level that meant jacking it up 6 feet off the ground. Now rails are getting more technical but also lower to the ground. Setups are getting cleaner. The standard rails are getting longer but instead of being 4 feet in the air you're seeing a lot more stuff 1'- 2' up.
These rails are getting crushed. More people learning some of the most technical tricks on these. To me that makes a lot more sense than features that sit around, don't get hit, and if they do it's a stock trick.
As far as the argument that rails at ski areas are becoming simple, I don't really get this. Z rails, quad kinks, kink elbows, parallel rail setups, donkeys/df's, and all kinds of stuff are pretty common these days. Maybe it's not a 40 foot long rollercoater s, but they're technical rails imo and by no means "easy".
The level of riding has progressed a bunch too making these rails seem easier, but I feel the rails and setups have kept up with the demand.
Truth is, flat and down rails are some of the most popular rails at the mountains. Sure it's not a flashy overly elaborate magazine cover feature, but if kids are hiking those all day and learning new tricks that's where resorts are going to go.
Sometimes basic is better. I'll all about creativity, but it just doesn't make sense to lower the amount of these rails that everyone loves, everyone can hit, and people can learn on to fill a park with features that are just going to sit there rusting away waiting for the occasional hit.
Some of the crazy rails still exist. If you can't find one and want to hit one that bad, pool some loot with your friends and build one. If that seems to expensive think about it from the mountains perspective. Spending $ from the budget on a feature that will eat people up, if anyone actually hits it just so
BlurstMSLM has some of the biggest "crazy" rails that I have ever ski'd on. Jay still sets up some of their old school early rails too, always a riot.
